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COME INTO BEING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be born or come into existence

Example:

All these flowers come to life when the rains come

Synonyms:

come into being; come to life

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "come into being" is one way to...):

be born (come into existence through birth)

Sentence frames:

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